San Francisco Satsang

Allowing the Light

Satsang Staff — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:14:28 +0000

In a talk given just before Christmas, Jon discusses the miraculous nature of even so-called negative experiences; reminds us that adversity is often a doorway to liberation; and emphasizes that allowing the dark is allowing the light. Recorded 12/21/2009.

Gratitude and Freedom

Satsang Staff — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:09:01 +0000

In a talk given just before Thanksgiving, Jon discusses how appreciation and gratitude can open the heart; how awakening is not limited by conventional notions of perfection, but encompasses the full range of human experience; and the extraordinary ordinariness of the awakened life. Recorded 11/23/2009.

The Shift Into Awareness

Satsang Staff — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:47:19 +0000

Jon describes the deep acceptance facilitated by the movement into awareness; the mysterious ways that life and consciousness evolve; and how, in the words of Brother David Steindl-Rast, “the purpose of spirituality is to become fully human.” Recorded 2/13/2010 in Santa Cruz.

Aliveness In All Directions

Satsang Staff — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:51:48 +0000

Jon describes the guidance that becomes available to us when we open to the intuitive; discusses the importance of sensitivity and bodily integration in the spiritual process; and emphasizes that awakening means fully embracing the human experience. Recorded 2/1/2009.

Diving Into the Heart

Satsang Staff — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:22:09 +0000

Is there anything that can facilitate or accelerate the process of awakening? Jon discusses the power of deeply allowing feeling in the awakening process, and how even one moment of awareness is actually the end of the seeking mind. Recorded 11/16/2009.

The Usefulness of the Mind

Satsang Staff — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:08:56 +0000

Jon discusses the usefulness of the cognitive mind when related to without attachment; the proper role of directed attention; and the importance of flexibility of perspective. Recorded 10/5/2009.

Back to the Source

Satsang Staff — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:44:35 +0000

Jon discusses the increasing sensitivity that comes with deepening in presence; the way being together in satsang facilitates greater opening; and the importance of giving ourselves completely to awareness. Recorded 11/2/2009.

Letting Go of the Struggle

Satsang Staff — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:00:22 +0000

Jon invites the listener to stop, relinquish the responsibility for becoming realized, and “let IT do it;” and to let go of the struggle to be free. Recorded 10/26/2009.

The Lowest Common Denominator

Satsang Staff — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:09:18 +0000

Jon discusses the challenge of realizing that there’s actually nothing to understand; that transformative power of resting in stillness; and finding effortless ease even in the midst of the most difficult situations. Recorded 10/19/2009.

The Need for Belonging

Satsang Staff — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:34:20 +0000

Jon discusses the human need for belonging; the emotional basis of self-identification; and how true belonging is found only when we become free of the beliefs that perpetuate our experience of separation. Recorded 11/30/09.